Canadian Performance Documents and Debates: A Sourcebook Vickery Anthony J.
Canadian Performance Documents and Debates: A Sourcebook Vickery Anthony J. Canadian Performance Documents and Debates provides insight into theatrical activities from the seventeenth century to the…
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Canadian Performance Documents and Debates: A Sourcebook Vickery Anthony J.
Canadian Performance Documents and Debates provides insight into theatrical activities from the seventeenth century to the early 1970s, and probes important yet vexing questions about "Canada" as a country and a concept. For each of the 31 chapters, leading and emerging scholars offer introductions that rethink the artistic, economic, and socio-political significance of plays, dance, opera, circuses, and other performance genres and events. The volume collects playscripts and archival material such as photographs, petitions, performance programs, and musical scores to explore what these documents tell us about the values, debates, and priorities of artists and their audiences from the past 400 years.
This collection challenges readers to rethink Canadian theatre and performance history, and will be of interest to students and scholars of theatre, dance, music, and Performance